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  Re: plastic plant labels
From: Stacy Holtzman <sholtzma at sunflower.bio.indiana.edu> on 1999.03.31 at 19:08:23(3200)
I have used the
>zinc metal markers but the metal legs rust plus the special paint I used
>that was
>suppose to last didn't. I tried engraving the metal markers but that is
>hard to
>read. Also it is very cumbersome and time consuming. Markers in pencil has not
>lasted outdoors either.

Judy,
what we are doing this spring, that you might be able to do if you find a
local trophy shop, is to get a special laser to "burn" the names onto the
metal. This is the latest technology for engraving, and is really great!
It is just a big laser, with software that treats it just like a printer.
We know a person at a trophy shop that is going to burn copper tags that we
will then hang on little copper stakes, that should last forever. The
only thing is, I don't know how much it would cost to get a trophy shop to
do it.
Stacy

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